Montceau-les-Mines lagerstätte
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Carboniferous lagerstätte in France
| Montceau-les-Mines lagerstätte | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Stephanian[1] |
The Montceau-les-Mines lagerstätte is a Carboniferous lagerstätte named after and located within the town of Montceau-les-Mines, France. It preserves numerous flora and fauna similar to those of the Mazon Creek fossil beds in the United States, such as temnospondyls, velvet worms, arachnids and more.
Panarthropods
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Lobopodians
| Lobopodia | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Higher taxon | Notes | Images | |
| Antennipatus | A. montceauensis | IndeterminateOnychophora | Earliest known definite onychophoran known from three specimens. Likely terrestrial.[2] |  | |
| Palaeocampa | P. anthrax | Aysheaiidae | First known freshwater and poisonous lobopodian[3] |  | |
Arthropods
| Arthropoda | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Higher taxon | Notes | Images | |
| Alanops = Liomesaspis birtwelli |
A. magnificus | Xiphosura | Likely capable of volvation[4] |  | |
| Ameticos | A. scolos | Opiliones | Very similar to modern harvestmen[5] | ||
| Macrogyion | M. cronus | Opiliones | Very similar to modern harvestmen[5] | ||
| Hastocularis | H. argus | Opiliones | A basal harvestman[6] |  | |
| Aphantomartus | A. areolatus | Trigonotarbida | [1] | ||
| Trigonotarbus | T. sp | Trigonotarbida | [1] | ||
| Idmonarachne | I. brasieri | Serikodiastida | Similar to spiders, but lacked spinnerets[7] |  | |
| Palaeothele | P. montceauensis | Araneae | First mesothele spider known, previously named "Eothele"[8] | ||
| Allobuthus | A. pescei[9] | ScorpionesAnthracoscorpionidae | [1] | ||
| Coseleyscorpio | C. lanceolatus | Scorpiones | [1] | ||
| Schramixerxes | S. gerem | Euthycarcinoidea | Redescribed in 2008[10] | ||
| Sottyxerxes | S. multiplex | Euthycarcinoidea | Redescribed in 2008[10] |  | |
| Amynilyspes | A. fatimae | Oniscomorpha | One of the rarest components of the fauna; only five found in over 20,000 concretions[11][12] |  | |
| Blanziulus | B. parriati | Xyloiulidae | Likely terrestrial in nature[11] | ||
| Arthropleura | A. sp | Arthropleuridea | Specimens from Montceau preserve the first known head anatomy of the genus[13] |   | |
| Sottyella | S. montceauensis | Phreatoicidea | Found while searching for myriapods[14] | ||
| Chabardella | C. spinosa | Gorgonophontidae | Bears spines on its segment margins[14] | ||
| Palaeocrangon? | cf. P. sp | Phreatoicidea | Very fragmentary, may not belong to the genus[14] | ||
| Palaeocaris | P. secretae
P. typus P. retractata |
Syncarida | Known from thousands of specimens[14][15] | ||
| Montcestheria | M. orri | Spinicaudata | Relatively large spinicaudatan, reached around 2 cm length[16] | ||
| Euestheria | E. feysi | Spinicaudata | Much smaller than Montcestheria[16] | ||
| Carbonita | C. ?salteriana | Podocopida | Unclear whether it belongs to the genus[16] | ||
| Anebos | A. phrixos | Pterygota | Interpreted as a stem-orthopteran,[17] yet bears similarities to some megasecopteran larvae?[18] |  | |
| Phenopterum | P. briggsi | Grylloblattodea | Redescribed alongside a Permian species in the same genus[19] | ||
| Montceaupterum | M. baillyi | Grylloblattodea | Oldest member of its family (Euryptilonidae)[20] | ||
Mollusks
| Mollusca | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Higher taxon | Notes | Images | |
| Anthraconaia | A. lusitanica | [1] | |||
Vertebrates
| Vertebrates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montcellia[21] | M. longidentata | Nectridea | Formerly classed within Sauropleura[22] | ||
| Sauravus |
|
[1] | |||
| Montceaubatrachus | M. platyrhynchus | Temnospondyli | Bears similarities to Gerobatrachus[23] | ||
| Actinodon | A. sp | [1] | |||
| Micromelerpeton | M. boyi | TemnospondyliMicromelerpetidae | [1] | ||
| Nyranerpeton | N. montceauense | TemnospondyliMicromelerpetidae | Another species known from the Kladno Formation[23] | ||
| Indeterminate | Temnospondyli | Originally described as Actinodon[24] | |||
| Branchiosaurus | B. petrolei | Temnospondyli | [1] | ||
| Bourbonnella | B. sottyi
B. fourrieri |
Aeduellidae | Likely lived across the tropics during the latest Carboniferous[25] |  | |
| Platysella | P. descusi | Aeduellidae | |||
| Myxineidus | M. gonorum | Cyclostomi | Debated as to whether the genus is a hagfish[26] or lamprey[27] |  | |
| Expleuracanthus | E. sp. | Xenacanthiformes | A freshwater xenacanth shark, known from dorsal spines from the "Fish Shale Bed"[1] |  | |
| Sagenodus | S. sp. | Dipnoi | A fragmentary lungfish probably within the genus Sagenodus[1] |  | |
| Acanthodes | A. sp. | Acanthodidae | Fragmentary remains of Acanthodes are known from the "Fish Shale Bed" and some nodules[1] |  | |
| Phlegethontia | P. sp. | Aistopoda | A snake-like lepospondyl tetrapod[28] |  | |
| Stereorachis? | S.? blanziacensis[29] | Ophiacodontidae | Unnumbered specimen consisting of mandible and skull fragments[1] |  | |
Plants
Ferns (Polypodiopsida)
| Genus | Species | Higher taxon | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annularia | A. mucronata
A. sphenophylloides A. spicata A. stellata |
Calamitaceae | A form taxon assigned to the leaves of Calamites.[30] |  |
| Asterophyllites | A. equisetiformis | Calamitaceae | [30] | |
| Calamites | C. cistii
C. cruciatus C. sp. |
Calamitaceae | A genus of tree-like horsetail closely related to the modern Equisetum.[30] |  |
| Calamostachys | C. tuberculata | Calamitaceae | ||
| Sphenophyllostachys | S. sp. | Sphenophyllales | [30] | |
| Sphenophyllum | S. angustifolium
S. longifolium S. oblongifolium |
Sphenophyllales | [30] |  |
| Pecopteris | P. cyathea
P. feminaeformis P. hemitelioides P. lepidorachis P. miltoni P. platonii P. polymorpha P. pseudo-oreopteridia P. unita P. aff. affinis P. aff. elaverica P. aff. launayi P. sp. |
Marattiaceae | A common form of fern leaf[30] |  |
Seed ferns (Pteridospermatophyta)
| Genus | Species | Higher taxon | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sphenopteris | S. cristata
S. leptophylla S. aff. picandeti S. sp. |
Lyginopteridaceae | [30] |  |
| Alethopteris | A. zeilleri
A. sp. |
Alethopteridaceae | [30] |  |
| Callipteridium | C. costei | Cyclopteridaceae | [30] |  |
| Dicksonites | D. pluckenetii
D. sterzelii |
Callistophytales | [30] | |
| Linopterus | L. sp. | [30] | ||
| Neuropteris | N. cordata
N. planchardi N. sp. |
Neurodontopteridaceae | [30] |  |
| Odontopteris | O. minor
O. reichiana O. subcrenulata |
Pteridospermophyta | [30] |  |
| Pseudomariopteris | P. sp. | Pteridospermophyta | [30] |
Conifers (Gymnospermae)
| Genus | Species | Higher taxon | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taeniopteris | T. jejunata | Cycadophyta | [30] |  |
| Cordaitanthus | C. aff. baccifer
C. sp. |
Cordaitales | [30] | |
| Cordaites | C. sp. | Cordaitales | [30] |  |
References
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